Delhi HC to hear pleas on sale of liquor

NEWDELHI: Even though the Delhi excise department has started drafting a standard operating procedure (SOP) and working on a web link, senior officials said on Sunday that the final call on the online delivery of liquor would depend on the directions of the Delhi High Court, which is scheduled to hear several petitions on the sale of liquor on Monday. While one of the petitions challenges the “special corona fee” levied by the government at 70% of the MRP, another pertains to proposing a policy through which liquor can be ordered online.

The two other petitions challenge the very act of allowing a limited number of liquor shops to open amid the lockdown, a senior government official said.